CONTROLLERS WHO ARE WORKING UNPAID. MEANWHILE, MANY EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE IMPACT. A LACK OF FEDERAL FUNDS WILL HAVE ON BOTH STUDENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. OUR LEAH ...

Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation's neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown, leaving many ...

As the government shutdown continues, several key programs are at risk. One of them is Head Start, the federal program that provides early childhood education, health and food support for low-income ...

As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues, early childhood education programs in Chicago that rely on federal funding are feeling the ripple effects and bracing for potential ...

The ongoing 2025 US government shutdown has brought significant disruptions to the federal Department of Education, raising concerns about the continued delivery of critical education services, ...

A deal to end the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown is reversing plans to gut the U.S. Department of Education’s special education office and providing funds for other disability programs — at ...

More than 10 separate ongoing projects to strengthen instruction and school-based social services in low-income communities will come to a halt after the federal government late last week abruptly ...

Over the past decade, the United States government has launched dozens of ambitious programs aimed at solving systemic problems—from student debt relief and green energy to disaster response and ...